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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1902
Page
9
Miss Kathe Wall will host a Christmas card party at her home on Vourtland Street on Wednesday morning. Guests include many local young ladies, with a luncheon to follow after games and entertainment, per a lively social notice from the city.
Florene Watts hosted a Wednesday morning card party for Theta Kappa Sorority members and guests. Guests included Elia Rushton Cora Wynne Jusie May Pope Ethel Gay Harrin Stockdell Nina Gentry Sallis Cobb Johnson Elizabeth Pope Margaret Ladson Rushie Ray and others in a festive holiday setting with elegant decorations.
Mrs Cobb, long a postmistress and Carnegie library assistant, will be appointed assistant state librarian effective January 1, 1904. She will train with Mrs Milledge in the state library from April 1903, then resume as postmistress after the legislative session, before full appointment in January 1904 with a salary of 1500 a year.
The column records a string of social updates from local figures. Lewis H Beck hosts a dinner with guests including Mr and Mrs Charles A, Jack Cutler, Marion Knowles travels to Florida, Dr Lewis visits Dr Ridley, Jones returns from LaGrange, Jack J Spalding acquires a new home, Miss Nellie Daveney from Augusta visits Ridley, Mrs The Capital City Club invites members to their annual ball, Douglas Dean returns to Richmond, Katherine Colley plans a Washington trip, Julia Fom visits Miss Murchison Thomas in Savannah, Earnest Ottley is home for holidays, Marguerita Inman returns for holidays, Alan Rogers recovers, Mrs Walter Taylor to be home in January, and Charles Healy continues ill with many friends anxious.
Dr J M Strickland and Miss Fannie Winters were married at the Winters home in Austell at 8 pm with Rev E W Ballinger officiating. The ceremony unites prominent local families Judge Winters and Dr Strickland noted in the society report. A stray ad blurb about Burnett's Vanilla Extract appears unrelated to the wedding item.
A Pensacola Florida case before the United States Supreme Court questions whether a court may punish contempt for assault on an officer. W O Neal, president of a local bank, allegedly stabbed A Greenhut while involved in bankruptcy proceedings, and received sixty days imprisonment from a northern Florida district judge.
Miss Norma Wright hosted a luncheon for Miss Norma Wright's guest Miss Tate of Elberton with a white and green narcissus table centerpiece. A children's doll party led by Cornelia Jackson Moore will feature a doll Christmas tree and about forty guests. Several social items mention visits, returns, weddings, and teas across Savannah and nearby cities as many families celebrate holidays and host gatherings.
Suffering from weaknesses that sap the pleas should take Juvenile Pitts. One bottle will tell a story of marvelous results. This medicine is more rejuvenating and vitalizing than any offered. Sent by mail in plain package on receipt of this ad and $12, by its original era, C. I. Hood Co., props. Flood's Sarsaparilla, Lowell, Mass.
Holiday fares offer one and one third the round trip price to all points including St Louis. Tickets sold December 2 4 23 and BLAT 1902 and January 1 1903 with return January 34 1903. Teachers and students get special rates December 5 1902 to 22 1902 return by January 8 1903. Sleeping cars between Atlanta and Albany now running with 1:40 a m departure from Atlanta and 6:35 p m return, connecting to Orn asville and other towns.
Special Christmas holiday rates set by the W A and N C St L lines with tickets on sale December 2, 24, 25, 30, 31 and January 1, 1903. Final limit January 3, 1903. Teachers and students may purchase December 16 to 20 with final limit January 1903. certificates required.
Jackson Miss December 26 Dr A F Watkins agent of the fund for the support of superannuated Methodist ministers reports about 130000 collected since September under orders from the general conference of the Southern Methodist church. Subscriptions averaged 150 per 1000 and at the present rate it would take twelve years to complete the task. He hopes to finish sooner and aims to campaign for larger gifts early next year.
Pierpont Morgan hosts a Christmas night celebration around a large electric lighted tree at his New York estate. Mrs Morgan conceived the idea. A private watchman guarded the conservatory while the tree was prepared. After dinner envelopes with one month's wages awaited servants and gifts were given to Mrs Morgan's daughters and the staff.
Suits filed in Pueblo by Utah Fuel Company attorneys target 6000 acres of coal land on the western slope valued at 41 000 per acre four dozen cases seek to overturn Colorado Fuel and Iron holdings contending the land was misclassified as agricultural. The action aims to clear titles ahead of a likely merger between the two firms and may affect already opened coal mines.
Gibbons goes to Pittsburg for a golden jubilee celebration. Cardinal Gibbons left here tonight to attend the event marking the passionists order’s jubilee in Pittsburg.
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